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thank you, gary, for your detailed answers. i'm not sure how to send you a private message but i am happy for you or your friend to email me at critters911@gmail.com the car is a 1997 and the a/c worked fine until late summer 2010. when i realized it wasn't working i took it into my mechanic, who charged it and it worked for a very short while--maybe a couple of hours. he said it wouldn't last and it didn't. the green light was still coming on when i pressed it until the past couple of weeks. when my car was totaled, it was hit on the driver's side although mostly at the back. that was in july 2008 and the a/c worked for two more years. based on the info that it worked for a while after my mechanic charged it, does that indicate the system sealer may work? i can add air to a tire so i will give it a try. in the meantime, if your friend is willing to take a look at the car, i'd really appreciate it. and thank you again for your help.

Wow. I'm stuck now. Even if I could get the part second-hand I don't know how to install it. I'm sure there are 57-year old women who could but I'm not one of them! I don't know if I'm allowed to "reach out" to anyone who may be able to help in my area (Los Angeles) but if I can, please consider this as it. Thanx.

The air conditioning on my 1997 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport has thrown in the towel. My mechanic, whom I've always considered very fair, quoted me $700 to fix it or put in a new one (I'm not sure which.) Is that a good price? The car is running okay. I salvaged it in 2008 after it was struck by two cars trying to avoid each other. They may have avoided each other but they both hit my car when it was parked on the street and I was nowhere near it. Any advice you can give me about the a/c pricing will be much appreciated. Thanx.